My Zomato Review No.1: Kerala Cafe, Kalyani Nagar, Pune.

RATED

  (4.0) We recently visited Kerala Café at Kalyani Nagar for dinner just after Diwali. It is exactly at the same location where ‘Tvum’ used to be. The difference is that it has a new management and specialises in Kerala food only, whereas Tvum had signature dishes from all regions of India. So it is a speciality restaurant, and opened in its new avatar on 2nd November 2018. A very good concept in dining.

They have various types of seating arrangements like al-fresco, a/c hall, and open air terrace on the mezzanine floor, where they have a bar as well. Service is courteous and professional and food is served within 20 minutes of ordering.

We had fried papadams as starters and ordered Bangda Fry, Surmai Kerala Curry, appams, and Lemon Rice for the main course. We wanted to try Meen Curry but the steward warned us that it could be too spicy, so we opted for Kerala Curry instead, which was mildly spicy. We enjoyed the authentic Kerala taste. Food was served in traditional earthenware pots.

The few negative aspects of this place were that they did not have cloth napkins to raise it to the level of fine dining, the seating was a bit uncomfortable without any cushioning on the wooden chairs, and the service charge slapped on the bill was a bit high at 7.5%.